Conduit or cable clamp and bridle-ring



W. J. HISS.

CONDUIT 0R CABLE CLAMP AND BRIDLE RING. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1920.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

F 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1- I W. J. HISS. CONDUIT OR CABLE CLAMP AND BRIDLE RING. APPLICATION FILED 001.25. 1920.

Patented Aug. 16, 1921.

PI 7 1 FIE 7 A550 RN E Y support additional loose strands of bridle wires. In commercial practice, a cablels supported on a wall or other suitable support By my inventlon my orlginalconduit or cable clamp may be used as a separate article of manufacture or subcombination," and then later, when the needs of the service demand it, my bridle ring may be supported by the same conduit or cable clamp, when the complete combination would be used. I

In my invention I form my conduit or ca ble clamp 1 with a hook portion 2 to support a conduit or cable 3, and a base 4-to lie against a wall or other suitable support .5. The clamp is held in position by the securing screw 6. The base 4 is provided with a supporting member to assist in supporting a bridle ring. Preferably the supporting member is in the form of a flange 7, which I provlde wlth an openmg or hole 8.

stalled it is held as shown in Fig. 1. Aportion of the circumference of the cable contacts with the face of the wall 5 leaving a triangular space 9, Fi 8, which, for purposes of description, IIxave termed a dead space, for the reason that'the conduit or cable, due to its contour, does not fill this space. V Weeks, months or-years after the original installation, should the traflic load upon the cable3become excessive and the telephone ortelegraph engineers desire to increase the capacity of the installation without going to the expense of taking downthis cableand installing a larger one, the increased trafiic load can be carried by simply attaching any one of my different bridle rings to this conduit or cable clamp 1. I have shown in thedrawings several different forms, but of course it is to be understood that my invention isnot to be limited to the particular forms shown by way of illustration. i

In Figs. 2, 3 and 4, I have shown the preferred form of my invention in which Iuse the bridle ring 10, Fig. 4. This bridle ring has a loop 11, and two arms 12, 12 each of which are provided with hooks 13, 13. To

attach the bridle ring it is brought into the posltion shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, in whlch one position of the hooks 13 is thread.

ed through the opening 8 in the flange 7,

while the other hook 13 engages on thejexterior. of the flange. The bridle ring is then swung down in the direction'of the-arrowuntil both hooks 13, 13 are atright'angles to the hole 8. The bridle ring is then pushed up vertically until the hooks 1 3*, 13 are adjacent to the dead space 9. They are then bent or sprunginto the position shown in full lines in Figs. ,2 and 3 so that 'llnw bridle wires i4, 14 maybe threaded through theloopll. I a

To remove the bridle ring 10 1t 1s simply necessary to graspthe arms 12, 12 and pull the hooks 13, 13 from the vdead space 9, and

(then reversethe operation previously described whenthe bridle ring and bridle wires 14, 14'may be used insomeother location should; this be desired.

. I preferably, though .videthe conduit or cable clamp 1' with a cut away portion or notch 15 adjacent to the .Ineetingsurfaces of the hook portion 2 and the base 4, as shown-inFig, 1 and other fig nres. Into this notch or reeess'115, 1f one is employed, the ends of thearms 12, 12 become seated. T hesides of thenotch tend to prewithin. the deaduspacegand prevent the ble 3. pThecable will therefore not'be cut or marred by the hooks 13, 13 regardless of the- ,strains thatmay be thrown on thebridle ring. hen the cable or conduit 3' is first in Instead ofhavinga bridle ring both hooks of whichhook into the dead space 9, I may .form my bridle ring as shown in Figs; 5 f andfi. In this form of my invention the bridle ring: 16 hasa hook 17 which is thread- ,ed through the hole-8' inthe clamp 7 as shown in-dotted lines inFig. 5. It is then swung down some ninety degrees, until the Another form of my inventiontomprises bridle riug19, Fig.'-8,*having thehooks 20and 21-. This bridle ring is attached'to the conduit or cable clamp shown in Fig; 7

In still. another .form of, my lnvention, shown? in. Figs. 19, 10 and 11,111501111 abridle ring 22, Fig. 11',having hooks .23 and 24.

notnecessarily, pro- I vent lateral movement of the hooks 13, 13

by. first threading :the hook. 2O vertically throughthe hole 8 "inIthe flange 7 as shown F in dotted lines, Fig; 5 The bridle' ring is then swung down from the "dotted position some 90,;;whenthe,hook 21 is hooked into the dead space 9, the hook 20- remaini'ngin contact with) the flange 7 as shownfin Fig. 7

To positionthis bridle ringthe hook 24,.is

threaded through the opening .8 in the flange 7 as shownin dotted lines in Fig. 9, the two hooks '23 and 24beingsprung apart as shown in dotted lines in that figure. The hook is then swung down, as indicated by thearrowfuntilthe bridle ring assumes the position shown in full-linesin said figure. ltis then swungfbackand raised vertically .so as to get the-hooks 23 Land 24 oven-the head of the securingescrew .6,;Fig. 10 The I screw, 6 1s then tightened so asto clamp these twohooks between the. head conduit or ca curing screw and the base 4.;

Having thus described "this invention in connection with illustrative embodiments thereof, to the details of which I do not'fde :sire to be limited, what is claimed as newand'what is desired to secure by Letters Patent is set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is i 1. The combination of a conduit or cable 'clamp having a hook portion to supporta conduit or cable and a base to lie against a wall or other suitable support, the base being provided with means to cooperate witha bridle ring, and a bridle ring cooperating with said means, said brldle ring having one or more hooks adapted to hook into the dead space on the hook portion of the clamp.

2. The'eombination of a conduit or cable clamp havin a hookportion tosupport a ble and a base to lie against a wall'or other suitable support, the base being provided with means to cooperate with a bridle ring, and abridle ring cooperating with said means, said bridle ring :having two hooks both of which are adapted to hook into the dead space on the hook portion ofthe clamp. 3. A new article of manufacture comprising a conduit or cable clamp provided with a hook portion to'hold and support a conout from the surface of the base and pro vided with a vertical opening to cooperate with a bridle ring, the hook portion of the clamp being cut away to form a notch'adjacent the meeting edges of the base andhook 1 portions to receive one or bothhooks of a bridle ring, said bridle hook or hooks being adapted to lie in the dead space of thereonduit or cable clamp.

' 4. The eomblnation of a conduit or cable 1 clamp having a hook portion to support a conduit or cableand a base to lie against a wall'or other support, the basebeing provided with an integral flange havingja vertical'opening to receive a bridle ring, and

a bridle ringe -mounted in said opening in theflange and having two hooks bothyof which are adapted to hook into the dead space on the conduit or:,cab1 e clamp. v

v Witnesses? l R.RYAN, v i y A. M..WILLIAMs.

o WILLIAM IHIss, a 

